East-West union discussed; 'Berlin, Soviet battleg rou nd' RE P ORTI NG :
Pr eston Peterson ' Life Writer Dr . Ste phen Thomas in his speec h abo u t Eas tWest re lat ion said that there is " no a lte r nat ive to peace" in the co ld wa r . Dr . Thom as ou tlined German policy con ce rn ing the Soviets and the Eastern Block natio ns. Abou t the Soviets he said that si nce 1945 a nd the begin ning of Stalin's policy of military domin at ion a nd Zha noff's policy of no peace be twee n the East a nd West , ¡'Berlin has become the b~t tlegro und for th e Soviet cha llenge ." 8,eca use of this the " heterogeneo us forces of history" have dictated that the European coun tr ies must unite to meet the Sov iet challe nge . Unit y E ssenti a l Th e u nitin g of the E ur opea n countries in an esse nti a l pa rt of the Ger m an 's policy towara tne Soviets. He gave thr ee reaso ns why th e Soviets sig ned th e Germ a n-Ru ss ia n tre at y that was the fir st thaw ing of the cold war.
Dr. Stephen Thoma s
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studenhife Volume 68 Number l 5 Utah State University, October 30 , 1970 12 pages
Mock elections to be held Voting requi re men ts hav e been ea sed for a special electi on . All studen ts who wish to expres s their opinion on the candidat es for Congr ess can vote in the coming " mock election ." As the campaigns
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close, interest in the opini on of USU students has been aroused. Election will be conducted by the ASUSU elections committee to discover the depth of the interes t aroused in the basement of the U.C. from 9 a. m . to 3 p.m. on Nov .
2. The
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atm os ph ere co n ce rn ing t he candida tes for the Sen ate and Congress a m ong the st ud ents at USU ," accor ding to La dd An-
First he said that the Soviets are in an economic and technical gap with the West and mu s t try to lessen that gap. He stated tha t at the end of 1969 the Rus sians haa only 3,500 computers compared to 70,000 for the US and 58,000 for J apa n . Th is gap mu st be lesse ned if the R ussians are to catc h up wit h th e Wes t economically an d in pro du ction . His second statement was that by gett ing involved with E uro pean countries the Soviets hope to weaken the Un ited States influe nce in Europe . Th e third was that with the incr eased pow er of Red Chin a the Ru ssians are in a " tr Rma conflict ." By increasing their inv olve ment in E uro pe they hope to stave off th e inc reasing chinese influence in Europe .
He stated that the rea son that their is friction betw een the two countries and why the two coun tri es are a long wa y- from re-unificatio n is because of the deve lopment of the cou nt ries. . Th e two count ri es have deve loped se perately since the two countries were sp lit following Wor ld War II . Because of this East Germa ny has 30 percent lower standard of living . This makes the East German government nervous because they feel that they are " not sur e of the Joyality of their people. " Four P oints He list ed four points on whi ch the Germ a n government would not talk . F irst. Th e integration of Germany in Western organizations . He explain ed that in any case Germ a ny would not jeopardiz e its se curity by leaving Western orientat ed organizations . Second. Sec ur ity of Berlin . Berlin res olve d so that the people of that trea ted equa lly in Western Germany they a r e sec u re from a nother Berlin
must be city are and that airlift.
Third. Self-determinat ion of German nation . At no tim e wilJ the German s a llow th eir right to se lf-det ermin atio n be lost .
In describing Germa n-Eastern Europ e an r elat ion Dr . Thomas used P oland and its histo r y and re la tions with Ge r ma ny.
Fo ur th. No rec ognition of a Comffiun ist German State . In other words, the Wes t German's will not recognize the Eas t Germa n's no matter what.
He s ta ted that even though the two countries are loc a ted close ly geo logica lly , because of the tr ea tm ent of the Polis h in Germ a n consentration ca mps " nothin g is forgo tt en abo ut Germany under Hitler ." Because of this there is per-
Dr. Thomas is the director of the mult ilingual Ger m an radio station , the German eq uiva lent of Voice of America . He is in the Un ited States at the pe r sonal request of West German Chancellor Willy Brandt. Uta h State is his first stop of a se r ies of stops that will cover the entire US.
when he arrives at school and finds the staff areas virtually empty , waiting to be occupied. Two things have helped to increase the problem of empty and uneven staff parking areas.
Parking space left; c-laim campus cops
Students can't find a parking place; staff members and faculty can't find a parking place ¡ and visitors can't find a parking place, yet
Eas t Ger m a n Relatio ns Thoma s str essed that Ea st-West German relatio ns were the "most complicated " of all the relati ons he talked about . He stated that their were two things that must be und ertake n re lax the situation betwee n the two countries . F irs t, the r e m ust be a " hu ma nization of the di vision be tween the two countries ." He exp lai ned that as it sta nds now ne ither the East or West Germ a ns a r e a ble to see eac h other with out ris k of life. Seco nd, there must be a red uction of fr iction over Berlin .
Polish Relation s
derson, co-cha irm an of a committ ee for Bur ton. He sai d the id ea for th e e lectio n was pr ese nt ed to the election co mmit tee by th e Young Dem ocr ats and th e Young Republic a ns. Result s of the " mock ele c tion " will be posted in the Univ er si ty Center Nov. 3, th e day for th e re a l election . Voting in th e " mock elec tion " does not ca st a vote for the ca ndidate. It on ly expr esses the opinion of the stud ents.
m~nent fricti on between the two countries. He said that beginning in Novemb er Germany will start talk with the P olish governm ent abo ut a German -Polish treaty .
Security claims there are empty parking spots left everyday just waiting to be occupied. The student becomes even more frustrated
First of all, each staff member is allowed as many decals as he has cars to put them on. This gives no check to how many cars may show up to park in an area on any given day. Second, unauthorized students because they have part-time staff jobs have been able to secure staff stickers and park in these areas. Lauritz Christensen, a student member of the University Parking - Committee, suggests finding out who these people are and
getting them back in the student area . Unfortunately , this would only reverse the problem by putting more people in the student area and less in the staff . Security has given the student two alternatives to his parking dilema . He can either park behind Eas t High Rise, which is four blocks away from Old Main, or pay only $3 instead of the usual $7.50 for a decal and park at the stadium . The logical answer to the problem is for Security or the Parking Committee to find out exactly how many spaces are needed by the staff and readju st the areas so that the student would also be able to park within a r ea sona ble distance fro m his classroom . Pam Ta y lor